Nights for Thursday 7 May 2009
Nights for Thursday 7 May 2009
7 pm News & Weather
7:15 Acidic Oceans
Steve Widdicombe - marine ecologist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
The fears for marine life as acidification continues to increase due to carbon dioxide emissions.
7:30 Spectrum:
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8 pm News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World:
International public radio documentaries.
8:45 Starry Starry Night - astronomy
Alan Gilmore - astronomer, Mt John University Observatory.
"Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space." Douglas Adams.
This week, the revolution of the Earth about the sun, as well as the distance from us to the stars.
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 7
9 pm News & Weather
9:06 Our Changing World:
Radio New Zealand's science and environment programme.
9:59 Conundrum: Clue 8
10 pm News & Weather
10:17 Late Edition:
A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.
11 pm News & Weather
11:06 The Music Mix:
Music, talk, live sessions, and coverage of contemporary music and events.